Sports Medicine: Just the Facts

TABLE 64-1 Compartments of the Lower Leg PAIN WITH MOVEMENT ON PHYSICAL COMPARTMENT NERVES MUSCLES EXAMINATION Anterior Deep per ...

CHAPTER 64 • TIBIAL AND ANKLE FRACTURES 379 than cast immobilization in closed tibial fractures even in cases demonstrating sign ...

•A great deal of research has been conducted to deter- mine the incidence of age related fractures particu- larly in the elderly ...

CHAPTER 64 • TIBIAL AND ANKLE FRACTURES 381 Nondisplaced, stable ankle fractures and stable, reduced ankle fractures can be man ...

REFERENCES Barrett JA, Baron JA, Karagas MR, et al: Fracture risk in the U.S. Medicare population. J Clin Epidemiol 52:243–249, ...

CHAPTER 65 • FOOT INJURIES 383 should be obtained to provide anatomic detail and guide therapy. Fractures that are nondisplaced ...

PAINFULOSTRIGONUM The os trigonum is an ossicle present in 7 to 11% of the population as a continuation of the posterior talar ...

CHAPTER 65 • FOOT INJURIES 385 of nonweightbearing immobilization (Arntz, Veith, and Hansen, Jr, 1988; Myerson, 1989; Kuo et al, ...

and cast immobilzation. Physical therapy is begun once the patient can comfortably bear weight (usu- ally about 4–6 weeks). An a ...

CHAPTER 65 • FOOT INJURIES 387 Fractures just distal to the tuberosity, at the meta- physeal–diaphyseal junction bear the epony ...

388 SECTION 4 • MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS IN THE ATHLETE extreme end of the turf toe continuum. The mecha- nism is almost always ...

CHAPTER 65 • FOOT INJURIES 389 of conservative treatment and development of defor- mity (Mizel and Yodlowski, 1995). Interdigit ...

Borton DC, Saxby TS: Tear of the plantar calcaneonavicular (spring) ligament causing flatfoot. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 79- B:4, 6 ...

CHAPTER 66 • LOWER EXTREMITY STRESS FRACTURE 391 osteoclastic activity that surpasses the rate of osteoblastic new bone formatio ...

define the location and extent of bony injury, lack of exposure to ionizing radiation and significantly less imaging time than a ...

CHAPTER 66 • LOWER EXTREMITY STRESS FRACTURE 393 return to athletics (Volpin et al, 1990). If a fracture is present, orthopaedic ...

FIBULAR Fibular stress fractures are relatively common in run- ners, with the majority occurring in the distal third of the fib ...

CHAPTER 66 • LOWER EXTREMITY STRESS FRACTURE 395 The stress fracture at the base of the second metatarsal is known as the dance ...

67 NERVE ENTRAPMENTS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY Robert P Wilder, MD, FACSM Jay Smith, MD Diane Dahm, MD INTRODUCTION Neurological c ...

CHAPTER 67 • NERVE ENTRAPMENTS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY 397 DIFFERENTIALDIAGNOSIS ANDEVALUATION Differential diagnosis includes p ...